GJ75 46(Diploma for Information Security Professionals) at SCQF Level (6) – Structure

To attain the qualification candidates must complete 96 Credits in total. This comprises:
25 Mandatory Credits
 71 Optional Credits
Candidates must achieve 96 credits:
25 from Mandatory Group A;
at least 39 from Group B of which at least 27 must be from Group B1;
at least 20 from Group C of which at least 7 must be from Group C1;
the balance from any other units.
At least 34 of the optional unit credits must be at SCQF Level 6
Where a family of units exists at more than one level only one unit can contribute to a qualification.

Please note the table below shows the SSC identification codes listed alongside the corresponding SQA Unit codes. It is important that the SQA Unit codes are used in all your recording documentation and when your results are communicated to SQA.

Mandatory Units : Candidates must complete 25 credits from this group
Group A - Candidates must achieve all of the units in this section, totalling 25 credits
SQA code / SSC code / Title / SCQF level / SCQF credits
H3C4 04 / PE2 / Personal effectiveness 2 / 6 / 9
H3C5 04 / HS / Health and Safety in IT & Telecoms / 4 / 1
H7CN 04 / SECKGA1 / Principles of Information Governance and Assurance 1 / 6 / 15
Optional Units : Candidates must complete 71 credits from this group
Group B Work-based Units - Candidates must achieve at least 39 credits from this section, of which 27 must be from Group B1
H7CR04 / SECTEST1 / Testing the security of Information Systems 1 / 6 / 12
H7CT04 / SECTEST2 / Testing the security of Information Systems 2 / 8 / 14
H7CV04 / SECRA1 / Carrying out Information Security Risk Assessment 1 / 6 / 9
H7CW04 / SECRA2 / Carrying out Information Security Risk Assessment 2 / 8 / 12
H7CX04 / SECINCI1 / Investigating Information Security incidents 1 / 6 / 10
H7CY04 / SECINCI2 / Investigating Information Security incidents 2 / 8 / 15
H7E404 / SECINCM1 / Carrying out Information Security Incident Management activities 1 / 6 / 9
H7D104 / SECINCM2 / Carrying out Information Security Incident Management activities 2 / 8 / 15
H7D204 / SECFE1 / Carrying out Information Security forensic examinations 1 / 6 / 6
H7D304 / SECFE2 / Carrying out Information Security forensic examinations 2 / 8 / 9
H7D404 / SECAUD1 / Carrying out Information Security audits 1 / 6 / 6
H7D504 / SECAUD2 / Carrying out Information Security audits 2 / 8 / 15
Group B2
H39R 04 / OPS1 / IT & Telecom System Operation 1 / 5 / 9
H39S 04 / OPS2 / IT & Telecom System Operation 2 / 6 / 12
H39W 04 / OPS3 / IT & Telecom System Operation 3 / 8 / 14
H39X 04 / SM1 / IT & Telecom System Management 1 / 5 / 7
H39Y 04 / SM2 / IT & Telecom System Management 2 / 6 / 12
H3A0 04 / SM3 / IT & Telecom System Management 3 / 8 / 15
H3A1 04 / MSD1 / Managing software development 1 / 7 / 15
H3A2 04 / MSD2 / Managing software development 2 / 8 / 20
H3A3 04 / EDP1 / Event driven computer programming 1 / 5 / 8
H3A4 04 / EDP2 / Event driven computer programming 2 / 6 / 12
H3A9 04 / EDP3 / Event driven computer programming 3 / 8 / 20
H3AA 04 / OOP1 / Object oriented computer programming 1 / 5 / 8
H3AB 04 / OOP2 / Object oriented computer programming 2 / 6 / 12
H3AC 04 / OOP3 / Object oriented computer programming 3 / 8 / 20
H3AD 04 / PP1 / Procedural Programming 1 / 5 / 8
H3AE 04 / PP2 / Procedural Programming 2 / 6 / 12
H3AF 04 / PP3 / Procedural Programming 3 / 8 / 20
H3AG 04 / IDR1 / Investigating and defining customer requirements for IT & Telecoms systems 1 / 5 / 9
H3AH 04 / IDR2 / Investigating and defining customer requirements for IT & Telecoms systems 2 / 6 / 12
H3AJ 04 / IDR3 / Investigating and defining customer requirements for IT & Telecoms systems 3 / 8 / 15
H3AK 04 / RS1 / Remote Support for IT & Telecoms Products or Services 1 / 5 / 6
H3AL 04 / RS2 / Remote Support for IT & Telecoms Products or Services 2 / 6 / 9
H3AM 04 / RS3 / Remote Support for IT & Telecoms Products or Services 3 / 8 / 12
H3C6 04 / TEST1 / Testing IT & Telecoms Systems 1 / 5 / 6
H3AV 04 / TEST2 / Testing IT & Telecoms Systems 2 / 6 / 12
H3AW 04 / TEST3 / Testing IT & Telecoms Systems 3 / 8 / 15
H3AX 04 / UPA / User Profile Administration / 6 / 3
H3AY 04 / SEC1 / IT & Telecom System Security 1 / 5 / 4
H3B0 04 / SEC2 / IT & Telecom System Security 2 / 7 / 8
H3B1 04 / SEC3 / IT & Telecom System Security 3 / 8 / 12
H3B2 04 / TAG1 / Technical Advice and Guidance 1 / 5 / 4
H3B3 04 / TAG2 / Technical Advice and Guidance 2 / 7 / 7
H3B4 04 / TAG3 / Technical Advice and Guidance 3 / 8 / 12
Group C Knowledge Units - Candidates must achieve at least 20 credits from this section, of which 7 must be from Group C1
Group C1
H7D604 / SECKDEV1 / Principles of secure system development 1 / 6 / 7
H7D704 / SECKDEV2 / Principles of secure system development 2 / 8 / 7
H7D804 / SECKTEST1 / Principles of Information Security testing 1 / 6 / 15
H7D904 / SECKTEST2 / Principles of Information Security testing 2 / 8 / 17
Group C2
H3B8 04 / DRM1 / Data Representation and Manipulation for IT & Telecoms 1 / 5 / 8
H3B9 04 / DRM2 / Data Representation and Manipulation for IT & Telecoms 2 / 6 / 8
H3BA 04 / DM1 / Data modelling 1 / 5 / 4
H3BB 04 / DM2 / Data modelling 2 / 6 / 6
H3BE 04 / SA1 / System Architecture 1 / 5 / 6
H3BF 04 / SA2 / System Architecture 2 / 6 / 8
H3BG 04 / SA3 / System Architecture 3 / 7 / 8
H3BH 04 / WD1 / Web development 1 / 5 / 3
H3BJ 04 / WD2 / Web development 2 / 6 / 12
H3BK 04 / WD3 / Web development 3 / 7 / 15
H3BL 04 / ITSD / Introduction to IT & Telecoms Systems Development / 5 / 6
H3BM 04 / SDF / Software design fundamentals / 7 / 8
H3BN 04 / NET1 / Networking principles 1 / 5 / 6
H3BP 04 / NET2 / Networking principles 2 / 6 / 10
H3BR 04 / TP1 / Telecommunications principles 1 / 5 / 7
H3BS 04 / TP2 / Telecommunications principles 2 / 6 / 10